LIGHTING THE FIRES OF FREEDOM: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Book ID/图书代码： 12861018C00020
English Summary/英文概要： During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women were generally not in the headlines; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Dorothy Height, most Americans, black and white alike, would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels.
In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women’s all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement. Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, several now in their nineties with decades of untold stories, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices. Lighting the Fires of Freedom offers these deeply personal and intimate accounts of extraordinary struggles for justice that resulted in profound social change, stories that remain important and relevant today.
Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, Lighting the Fires of Freedom is a vital document for understanding the Civil Rights Movement and an enduring testament to the vitality of women’s leadership during one of the most dramatic periods of American history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》，“Book Riot”和“Autostraddle”推荐
第50届有色人种民权促进协会奖(NAACP Image Awards)提名为杰出文学作品，新锐作家奖
一部基于口述历史的开创性选集，探索了非裔美国妇女在20世纪，为争取民权的领导能力，许多资料几乎遗失在历史长河中，源自最近获 the Studs and Ida Terkel奖获者
在民权运动时期，非裔美国妇女没有拘于礼节，她们只是在默默奉献。然而，尽管她们在民权运动的各个层面中都献出了自己的一份力量，却仍然不为大众所知。除了罗莎帕克斯(Rosa Parks)和科雷塔斯科特金(Coretta Scott King)，大多数美国人很难说出社区、地方和国家层面的其他领导人。
在本书中，作者着重介绍了妇女在运动中经常被忽视的成就。通过与九位女士的深入对话，这些耄耋老人细述着几十年前那些鲜为人知的故事。我们聆听者她们那些激动人心且激情澎湃的故事，正如作者本人生动地捕捉到的那些鼓舞人心声音。《点燃自由之火》讲述了为正义而进行的非同寻常的个人亲历斗争，所引发的深刻的社会变革，这些故事在今天仍具有重要意义。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Praise for Lighting the Fires of Freedom:
A “New & Noteworthy” selection of The New York Times
One of Book Riot’s “29 Amazing New Books Coming in 2018”
One of Autostraddle’s “65 Queer and Feminist Books to Read in 2018”
“Social justice advocate and television and radio producer Bell deploys impressive interviewing skills in this valuable collection of oral histories of nine female civil rights activists. . . . This is a valuable and enlightening companion to other accounts of the movement.”—Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： Janet Dewart Bell是一位社会正义活动家，拥有安蒂奥克大学领导力变革博士学位。她在纽约大学法学院创办了德瑞克·贝尔美国社会种族系列讲座。她是一位获奖的电视和广播制作人，作者定居在纽约市。Janet Dewart Bell is a social justice activist with a doctorate in leadership and change from Antioch University. She founded the Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society series at the New York University School of Law. An award-winning television and radio producer, she lives in New York City.
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